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A pada puja in a small room with pink walls and a standing electric fan. A sannyasi with a white jasmine garland and red floral garland, orange-red robe and rudraksha bracelets sits on the left holding a metal stand. A man in a white kurta and dhoti holds a small silver bowl. A woman in an orange-and-gold sari with folded hands sits at lower right, and an older woman in a teal sari sits behind. Several standing devotees in orange and white robes and rudraksha malas watch from the back. The seated sannyasi's appearance is not a distinctive presentation match, so no identity is asserted.

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